stridulus

== Latin == === Etymology === From strīdō (“to whiz”) + -ulus (“-ing”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈstriː.dʊ.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈstriː.du.lus] === Adjective === strīdulus (feminine strīdula, neuter strīdulum); first/second-declension adjective creaking, rattling, whizzing, buzzing, stridulous ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== → English: stridulous → French: striduleux → German: stridulös → Italian: stridulo === References === “stridulus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. stridulus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung “stridulus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press